60 minSeason 1 • Episode 8
LatestAfter a tense hostage exchange, I-shin confronts her protégé. Su-yeol makes a grim discovery about his family's fractured past.
Cha Su-yeol, a police officer who has long despised his mother, the notorious 'Mantis' serial killer, must reluctantly turn to her for help when a copycat killer emerges.
Acting
Ko Hyun-jung's Mantis—charming, terrifying, impossible to look away.
Writing
The remake sharpens the French original's edge, not softens it.
Direction
Byun Young-joo frames horror in domestic spaces, everywhere unsafe.
Creator
Byun Young-joo
Ko Hyun-jung
Jeong Yi-shin
Jang Dong-yoon
Cha Su-yeol
Cho Seong-ha
Joong-ho
Lee El
Na-hee
Kim Bo-ra
Lee Jung-yeon
Lee Hwang-eui
Jung Hyeon Nam [I Sin's father]
Kim Min-ho
Bae Seong Gyu [Detective]
Kim Tae-jeong
Choi Hyeok [Detective]
Han Dong-hee
Seo A Ra [Jung Yeon's friend]
Lee Tae-gu
Seo Gu Wan
Kil Eun-sung
Kim U Tae [Security]
Cha Soon-bae
Park Eun Bae [Min Jae's father]
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Korean adaptations of European crime series often amplify familial duty conflicts; this one weaponizes the concept of filial piety itself.
Ko Hyun-jung reportedly studied actual female serial killer interviews to build Jeong Yi-shin's unsettling warmth—she wanted audiences to understand why Su-yeol still craves her love.
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